Her Campus at Texas
PMDD: PMS’s Evil Sister
When I first began researching PMS and PMDD, I was struck by how many stories I came across of women who, before receiving an official diagnosis or doing their...
Mental Health
It Might Be More Than Just PMS: What You Need To Know About PMDD
Here's what an expert wants you to know.
Her Campus at SLU
What I Didn’t Know About Medical School Applications
I don’t know which is worse: the imposter syndrome common in undergraduate education or the constant nervousness that overcomes applicants after applying to medical school. As a person that...
Her Campus at U Ottawa
PMDD: The Overlooked Menstrual Disorder
Anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, suicidal thoughts, lack of energy, panic attacks. During my middle adolescent years, I would crumble and sink into a horrible depressed state each month. Happiness...
Her Campus at WM
Behind the Mask: My Fight Against PMDD
Being a high schooler was far from being the highlight of my youth. While I smiled through classes and juggling homework, theatre, and home responsibilities, inside my mind was...
Her Campus at Pitt
It Wasn’t Just PMS
When I first started my period, I felt well informed about PMS and its many side effects. I understood that I'd probably get cramps,...
Her Campus at Valdosta
How to Know if it’s More Than PMS
While psychologists and physicians have utilized decades into research on depression, there is no single source of its occurrence. Deaths...
Her Campus at Elizabethtown
PMDD and Me
Every girl who gets a period knows how shitty it can be sometimes, but what happens when your period is so bloody awful (pun intended),...